Thanks for Trivia Night; Looking Forward to the FHC in April

(Trivia Night chairperson, Karen Goode, sends this thank you note to those who participated and those who donated.)

Thanks to everyone who came to St. Louis Genealogical Society’s 9th Annual Trivia Night! We had another fun-filled, successful evening. 

The silent auction we have each year helps make our trivia event more profitable. We get tickets to different venues around town and awesome handmade items. These auction items not only benefit the society, but give bidders an opportunity to purchase something they would like to have at a great bargain.

We would like to recognize some of our members who donated items for our silent auction this year:

• Ruth Ann Arado: Floral centerpieces
• Mary Berthold: Cardinal tickets
• Kathy Dickey: Crocheted lap blanket
• Ed  Dolata: Landscape paintings/posters
• Judi Donohue: Items to fill our our baskets
• Viki Fagyal, Carol Hemmersmeier, and Kay Weber: A basket of gluten-free goodies
• Kris Fleming: Cardinal tickets
• Karen & Bob Goode: Items to complete our baskets
• Trish & Jim Gormley: Jewelry, plus items to complete baskets
• Valerie Burks (via Peggy Greenwood): Scented household & aromatic therapy
• Jean Marie Meyer: Handmade totes and artist sculpted items
• Andrew Webb (via Ken Webb): Handmade Cardinal plaque
• Erin Weber (via Kay Weber): Donated hours from her business
• Kay Weber: Handmade greeting cards
• Carol Welsch: Donated a basket from her business 

If you have something we could add to our auction, please keep us in mind for next year. And do mark your calendar for our 10th Annual Trivia Night on Saturday, 2 March 2019. Hope to see you there!

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 Family History Conference, 2018
Genealogy . . . Finding Your Way Online!

Do you use Ancestry.com family trees and ignore the records available on the rest of the Ancestry site? What about FamilySearch.org? Have you only done a search in records and not in the catalog? Have you looked at the website for Missouri Digital Heritage? FindMyPast? Do you regularly use the Internet to find digitized books? If you said no to any of those questions, it's time to sign up for the 47th Annual Family History Conference,
Genealogy . . . Finding Your Way Online! on Saturday, 7 April 2018 at Orlando Gardens, 2050 Dorsett Road, Maryland Heights, Missouri. Also, on the program for the day is DNA research and organizing DNA results and to lighten the day, have you ever found a tree on a website that showed a woman giving birth at age 75 or having children after her death date? If so, you will enjoy a talk on “Does That Even Make Sense?”

Pam Sayre, cg, fuga, is the featured speaker for the day. Rounding out the program are Mike Bridwell, St. Louis County Library; John Dougan, Missouri State Archivist; Ann Fleming, cg, cgl, fngs; Dan Lilienkamp, St. Louis County Library; Ilene Murray, and Carol Whitton, cg. Don’t forget the exhibitors as an added bonus. And if you have questions about your DNA, Ann Fleming will try to provide some answers during the afternoon.

Early registration ends 24 March 2018. Early registration is $50.00 for StLGS members and $60.00 for non-members. Lunch is $12.00 per person. After 24 March 2018, registration for StLGS members is $60.00 and non-members is $70.00.
 

Learn more about the conference, get directions to Orlando Gardens, and/or register on our website. Click here to go to the conference page.

Come and join us! You won’t want to miss this stimulating and enjoyable day.